Feb. 26— TIPTON— Both the Tipton County Council and the City Council passed on giving immediate pay raises for their respective public safety employees, but both boards said they would not abandon the issue completely. The County Council voted 5-0 Tuesday to table a resolution that would've increased the base pay for sheriff deputies to $51,000 and $37,500 for…
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Bob Good, R- Virginia, issued the following news release:. U.S Representatives Bob Good and Ben Cline sent a letter to Governor Ralph Northam urging the governor to not sign SB1276, which would end the Commonwealth's prohibition on private health insurance plans that cover elective abortions from the Virginia exchange. We write to you to express our firm…
Dan Sullivan, R- Alaska, issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2021:. U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan and Chris Murphy announced today they will be introducing the Leveraging Integrated Networks in Communities to Address Social Needs Act, legislation that would offer grants to states to establish statewide or regional partnerships to better coordinate the…
The Universal Postal Union issued the following news:. Between May and October every year, the United States Postal Service is faced with a recurring life-threatening challenge. Severe thunderstorms ignited wildfires across California, Oregon and Washington in August and September.
The Investment Company Institute issued the following news release:. Americans overwhelmingly continued saving for retirement in 2020 through defined contribution plans such as 401 s, in spite of the economic downturn brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to ICI's “Defined Contribution Plan Participants' Activities, 2020.” The study tracks…
Hailey Carman, junior in animal sciences and industry, La Harpe, College of Agriculture Scholarship for Distance Education Students; Laura Duncan, senior in social sciences, College of Arts and Sciences Scholarship for Distance Education Students, and Jean Rodriguez, senior in personal financial planning, K-State Kansas Insurance Certificate Scholarship,…
The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Feb. 25, 2021:. I will tell you masks are a little tricky with earrings on, so just bear with me here. He will commend the COVID Response Team's extraordinary whole-of-government effort to get shots in the arms of Americans, as well as the work of so many Americans who…
Ping An Bank No. 1 in Euromoney’s Survey for China Family Office Services
HONG KONG and SHANGHAI, Feb. 26, 2021/ PRNewswire/– Ping An Insurance Company of China, Ltd. announced its subsidiary Ping An Bank topped the rankings in Euromoney’s Annual Global Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey for Best China Family Office Services. Euromoney’s Annual Global Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey provides a qualitative…
Facebook' s internal documents indicate that once it identified a competitive threat, it attempted to buy or crush them by cloning their product features or foreclosing them from Facebook' s social graph. Facebook took these steps to harm competitors and insulate Facebook from competition, not just to grow or offer better products and services.
Richard E. Neal, D- Massachusetts, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2021:. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal urged the Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services to take long-overdue, swift and decisive action to protect patients in nursing homes. In a letter to CMS Acting Administrator…
Maxine Waters, D- California, chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2021:. *March 16 at 12:00 PM ET: The Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance will convene for a virtual hearing entitled, “Preserving a Lifeline: Examining Public Housing in a Pandemic. *March 23 at 12:00 PM ET: The full…
Six Senate Democrats, led by Senators Ron Wyden, D- Ore. and Patrick Leahy, D- Vt., today urged Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the Biden administration to end Donald Trump's failed, counterproductive Cuba policies. Sheldon Whitehouse, D- R.I., Chris Van Hollen, D- Md., Martin Heinrich, D- N.M., and Mark Warner, D- Va., urged Blinken to reverse Cuba sanctions, remove Cuba from…
FEMA continues to engage reinsurance markets to help strengthen the financial framework of the National Flood Insurance Program and promote private sector participation in flood-risk management. On Feb. 23, 2021 FEMA entered into the agency's fourth, three-year reinsurance agreement with Hannover Re Designated Activity Company.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26– The Insurance Information Institute issued the following news release on Feb. 25, 2021:. The Insurance Information Institute today released its just-updated A Firm Foundation: How Insurance Supports the Economy. The U.S.' s property/casualty insurers, a group consisting of auto, home, and business insurers, as well as life insurers, are major…
The American Property Casualty Insurance Association issued the following news release:. The American Property Casualty Insurance Association issued the following statement this week in response to new litigation attempting to capitalize on the ongoing pandemic by targeting the auto insurance marketplace. The latest play is targeting the auto…
HERNDON, Virginia, Feb. 26– The Society for Risk Analysis issued the following news release:. A team of experts led by Carolyn Kousky, executive director of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, studied the effect of sea level rise on a New York City neighborhood to illustrate how grandfathered rates could…
Feb. 26— FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS— The mayor of Columbia, Illinois, was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday after being accused of mixing his roles as mayor and the owner of an insurance company, then lying to investigators about it. Mayor Kevin Hutchinson is charged with making false statements to authorities from an anti-corruption task force that included the…
Agency: ” Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.” SUMMARY: The Board of Governors is publishing a final rule that amends Regulation EE to include additional entities in the definition of “financial institution” contained in section 402 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 so that they are covered by FDICIA's netting…
Agency: ” Securities and Exchange Commission.” AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer O. Palmer, Senior Counsel, David J. Marcinkus, Branch Chief, Nadya B. Roytblat, Assistant Chief Counsel, or Daniele Marchesani, Assistant Chief Counsel, at 551-6825.
